Instructor Training
Welcome to the virtual training for Survival Skills for Healthy Families.
DAY 1
10am – 12pm CST (2 hours) On Screen
- Introductions – Conocimiento and FW overview
- Session 1
12pm – 12:35pm CST (35 minutes) Off Screen (videos Theory 4’, Visuals & Props 4’, Role plays 5’)
- Theoretical Foundation: Instructor Resources, pp. 1-30.
- Theoretical Foundation

- Props and visuals: Instructor Resources book pp. 51-54 & 58-60.
- Visuals and Props

- Role plays: Instructor Resources, pp. 61-63.
- Role Plays

12:35pm – 12:45pm CST (10 minutes) Process videos & assign homework
Homework: Find a prop from your office or house and prepare a 2-minute object lesson from Session 1 using your prop.
12:45pm – 1:45pm CST (LUNCH BREAK)
1:45pm – 3pm CST (1.25 hour ) On Screen
- Demonstration of props
- Session 2
3pm – 3:30pm CST (0.5 hour) Off screen (videos Anecdotes & sculpting 3’11, General presenting skills 6’15)
- You will be divided into groups of 2 or 3 to create a 6 Minute Presentation. To do this, you will:
- Anecdotes and Sculpting: Instructor Resources on pp. 54-55 & 60-61.
- Anecdotes and Sculpting

- General Presenting Skills: Instructor Resources on pp.31-45.
- General Presenting Skills

- Create Groups & Choose Topic (1 Concept from the Session 1, 2, or 3 Outline)
- Follow the formula: Role Play, Brief Content, Group Activity, 1-Sentence Summary
- Watch: 6 Minute SAMPLE Video Presentation:

3:30pm – 4:30pm CST (1 hour) Session 3
4:30pm – 5:00pm CST (0.5 hour) Group activities and explain homework
5:00pm – 6:00pm CST (1 hour) Preparation for next day
DAY 2
10am – 11:00am CST (1 hour) On Screen
- Check In
- Participant Presentations & Feedback
11:00am – 11:15am CST – 15-minute BREAK
11:15am – 1pm CST (1.75 hour) On Screen
- Introduction to Coaching
- Session 4
1pm – 2pm CST LUNCH BREAK
2pm – 3:30pm CST (1.5 hour) On Screen
- Session 5
3:30pm – 3:45pm CST -15-minute break
3:45pm – 4:45pm CST (1 hour) On Screen
- Coaching Practice & Presentation Preparation – In groups of 3, you will create a scenario in which you coach a parent to stay in charge.
- Your fishing or call out question is “What is one rule your kids are resisting?
- Use invitation line: “Come on up and let’s practice staying in charge.”
- Coach on one or two points out of Make Rules or Stay in Charge.
- Identify success, keep audience engaged by generalizing and reviewing skills.
- Summarize: “When you _______we predict you will have the best chance at staying in charge. Thank you for participating and helping us all learn the best way to make rules and stay in charge.”
- Coaching: Instructor Resources pp. 63-79.
- Coaching Demonstrations

1 – Coach
2 – Parent
3 – Coinstructor
4:45pm – 5:30pm CST (0.75 hour) Preparation for next day’s presentation
DAY 3
10am – 11am CST (1 hour) On Screen
- Coaching presentations and practice
11am – 11:15am CST – 15-minute BREAK
11:15am – 12:15pm CST (1 hour) On Screen
- Session 6
12:15pm – 1:15pm CST (1 hour) LUNCH BREAK
1:15pm – 1:25pm CST (10 minutes) Off Screen (continuum & difficult audience situations)
- Difficult Audience Situations and Interventions: Instructor Resources pp. 45-49.
- The Continuum

- Typical Difficult Situations Video

1:25pm – 2:00pm CST (0.5 hours) Practice difficult audience situations, Review of 8 interactive strategies
2pm – 2:15pm CST – 15-minute BREAK
2:15pm – 3:15pm CST (1 hour) Off screen session 7
3:15pm – 3:30pm CST (0.25 hour) Debrief of session 7 & assign prep for session 8
3:30pm – 3:50pm CST (20 minutes) On Screen
- Prepare for Session 8 in Break Out Rooms
3:50pm – 4:40pm CST (50 minutes) Session 8
4:40pm – 5pm CST (20 minutes) On Screen
- Final Questions
- Wrap Up